Job Title
Director of Academics
Department
Global Studies
Campus
Queens
Job Description
The Director of Academics is responsible for managing, overseeing,
and proposing new academic programs for existing programs and new
study abroad programs. This position reports to the Executive
Director of Global Studies.
Responsibilities- Direct outreach to faculty to create new programs and support
existing programs.
- Create and update faculty program creation manuals.
- Create and update faculty brochures for study abroad “buy
in.”
- Coordinate and manage faculty interest groups for new program
creation.
- Seek out and propose new academic programs for existing and new
study abroad programs.
- Conduct regular curriculum review of existing programs,
proposing and implementing changes as needed.
- In conjunction with staff abroad, ensure that faculty is in
place for all programs abroad.
- Coordinate creation and updating of manuals and materials for
adjunct faculty abroad, including manuals for academic service
learning.
- In conjunction with the NYC service learning office, propose,
coordinate, and review academic service learning opportunities
abroad.
- Coordinate calendars for all programs abroad, ensuring that
calendars are always in place for 2 academic years.
- Review all faculty program proposals, making recommendations on
new program creation.
- Organize, maintain, and normalize all MOAs, exchange
agreements, and other agreements with international organizations
(and other related agreements).
- External recruitment visits as needed.
- Supervision of Coordinator of Academics and ASL.
- Ensure that all programs have academic service learning as a
core component of the implementation.
- Work with the Registrar to ensure that programs meet need for
progress toward degree.
Qualifications- Bachelor’s degree required; Master’s degree preferred.
- Minimum five (5) years experience, preferably within a higher
education environment.
- Excellent written and oral communication skills.
- Interest in working in an idea-driven, fast paced
environment.
Salary
Salary commensurate with your qualifications, experience, and
contingent upon the departmental budget.
Submitting for this Position
Please send a cover letter and a resume to employment@stjohns.edu
and Reference Job 1020 in the subject line.